There. Santa rosa with a north wind at approximate 3. At livermore, it is 39. There will be a lot of 30s here. San jose, 35. The dew point amount of moisture has gone way down. It is dry out there. 35. So that tells you that there is some dry cold air in place here, and temperatures weekend rain still on tap. Chilly lows. 30s and 40s. Sunny for all today. You can see coming down from the northwest. There is a little bit of a breeze though. That is going to play into our forecast. Santa rosa north at 10 00. Fairfield 10. Temperatures 30 and 40. So 150 and that is in the city. Otherwise, well get cooler temperatures. Well talk about the weekend forecastnear average, so how about that. Lets send is quiet but you never know. All right. Steve, good morning to you. Good thursday morning. In case you forgot what day it is. Sometimes i do. Lets take a look at the san matteo bridge. You can see traffic is move ago long pretty well. If you are driving on that bridge. There have been no major issues across the bridge. Right now, we are off to a good start. Thatten not a lot of commute traffic we are expecting. People are definitely going. New this morning at san jose. One man was hurt after a fire started in a central san jose neighborhood late last night. When the firefighters arrived, flames were shooting more than ten feet in the air as you see here and racing along a fence shared by two homes. One man was taken to the hospital. Hes being treated for smoke inhalation. Officials say a total of 16 other people have been affected. There was potentially two homes involved, and there was a large rv in the back that was on fire that was that had spread to the two homes. The fire captain says there were no other injuries. The fire probably started inside an rv that was badly damaged. The cause of the fire is under investigation, and ktvu will have more on this in a live report in our next hour. Time is now 4 03. New guidance this morning about whether you should wear a face mask to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, but the cdc for now has not made an official recommendation. Ktvu says some state Health Officials are encouraging you to wear a mask if and when you go outside. I have been waiting for the advice. Los angeles, along with Riverside County now recommending masks in public. I finally said today of those infected have no corona virus symptoms, so a Face Covering may be beneficial. If people want to do it, there is certainly no harm to it. President trump seconds that but scares people away from medical grade masks. In short supply and desperately needed in healthcare. We dont want everybody competing with the hospitals. We really need them. So you can use scarves. You can use Something Else over your face. It doesnt have to be a mask. I have been wearing a mask since about a week ago. For many people, caution and rising case numbers were already reason enough. We thought a long time ago that this would be a sensible thing to do. If everybody wears masks and contains their own germs. Now, they are changing their mind. So far there is no official change in the federal stance. A mask does not protect you from covid ever. It protects other people in the event that you have covid. They are not a substitute for physical distancing. Reporter at the state level, there is concern that endorsing miss masks for all will give poem a false sense of security. If people have these masks on, theyother people. Reporter and if a raises th possibility of contaminating it with unwashed hands. We can actually introduce that infection into our bodies by our mouths or our those, so it is very important to know how to take it off properly, otherwise, we are actually backtracking. If nothing else, a mask reminds others stay away. While officials differ on pros and cons, they are unanimous. Hygiene, social distance, and staying home matter most. And i am also wearing gloves which i wash every day when i go back home. Reporter deborah, ktvu, fox 2 news. Time is now 4 05. Law enforcement in Santa Clara County now changing the way they handle some cases during this coronavirus crisis. For some offenses, citations will be issued instead of making arrests. That includes warrants for not appearing if court for a misdemeanor. It does not include Domestic Violence cases. Other Violent Crimes or driving under the influence. The whole goal is to protect Law Enforcement officers, court employees, and the public from possible exposure to the corona virus. Meantime, at the Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office, at least 11 workers tested positive for the corona virus. Among them, a deputy who works in the patrol division, and eight deputies deputies working in the jail system. The custody bureau, a technician, and an assistant. A spokesman man for the Sheriffs Office says one deputy has recovered and is already back at work while the others are selfquarantining at home. Here are the latest bay area numbers for the coronavirus. Today, Santa Clara County is expected to reach more than 1000 corona virus cases and 32 people there have died. San francisco has 434 cases. Seven people have died. San matteo county has 388. Ten people have died. In alameda county, there are 359 cases. Eight people have died. Time is now 4 06. This morning at Testing Center in hayward will reopen at a firestation on huntwood avenue near tennison park. While the 1300 people were tested the first woke it opened and about so boss tested positive. These tests are free no matter where you live or what your immigration status is. However, only people showing symptoms like a cough or shortness of breath or if you have a fever of throes 100 degrees will be allowed to be tested. Well, starting this morning, one bay area Grocery Store chain is giving First Responders special shopping hours. The safemart corporation which inclouds lucky and food max says police, fire, paramedics, and other medical workers will be able to shop at those markets one hour earlier than one hour after the posted store hours every day. The same stores will also have special earlymorning shopping hours for senior citizens. Well, Johns Hopkins university is reporting there could be 1 million confirmed cases worldwide by the end of the day. Here in the u. S. , there are close to 220,000 confirmed cases for the 5100 americans have died. The white house projects there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths. More than 8600 people have recovered. Well, it is official. California students will not be going back to the classroom for the rest of the schoolyear, but the governor says they will be extending to continue that learning at home. And schools are closed. Classes are in. Now, just because the campus is closed doesnt mean we cannot accelerate learning in the state of california. Making that decision not only allows districts through the state to create lesson plans for Distance Learning but it also makes sure that kids have their computers and Internet Access to do that. Out of an abun dance of caution, we believe it is most important that all of our schools maximize their efforts around Distance Learning to help all of our students. Now, the governor also says the state is working to make sure all graduating High School Seniors get their diplomas. Google is donating thousands of computers and Internet Access to help students with Distance Learning. Governor new . Says the company is providing 4000 chromebooks and 100,000 mobile hotspots with unlimited highspeed internet. The department of education will distribute the equipment with large numbers of the devices going to some of the rural areas. Now, if you havent already, be sure to download the free ktvu news app. You can get the very latest updates and the breaking news sent straight to your phone. Got it, pam. Time is now 4 10. And pam, you brought your friend with you this morning. The great st. Paulsen. Of course. Working on a Tuesday Morning forecast. Steve, how does it look . It looks pretty chilly here this morning, you guys. Nice for the next couple of days and then changes still on tap for the weekend. Again, it might be more of a snow event than a rain event but well get something. Until we get there, temperatures are quite cool here. 43 santa rosa. If it wasnt for a north wind, maybe colder than that. 39 in livermore, so a weekend rain looks like a pretty good bet saturday and a better system on sunday. Chilly lows 30s and 40s. Sunny for all. Clear and cold. The breeze is there, not everybody is in on it and it doesnt have to be as strong as yesterday, but still well keep a lot of sunshine in the forecast and temperatures coming up maybe a couple of degrees to near average. Still a north northwest wind at the surface, it might be northeast. Here is santa rosa at. So out to the delta. Napa 38. 48 fairfield. So that north wind over there is holding up some of the temperatures. 30s, 40s lakeport down to 33. Kelseyville, 30. And the valley. It is close for others, and north of the 40. But the breeze is holding up some of those temperatures if they are not cold. We had a couple of hours to go. We had 37. Our system is there. You can see the first one move into the gulf of alaska. Well spread rain in here not until saturday though. Watch what happens on sunday. That is going to be measured in feet for the sierra for snow probably all the way into monday and tuesday. And it may be down to about 4000 feet. Still, well get some rain out of it. Today, chilly morning. Sunny, breezy. 60s on the temperatures. Near average for this time of year. Tomorrow looks good as well. Maybe colder in the morning due to a decrees in binned. We roll in the system for early next week turning much cooler as well. Thank you. Time now is had is 1. Does a Public Health emergency supersede a churchs right to freedom of religion. Up next, the battle between the states rules on social distancing and some churches that continue to gather in large groups. Also, a train engineer suspected of intentionally derailing a train in los angeles. What police say was his intended target. First, though, here is a live look outside at your traffic this morning. What it is at the bay bridge toll plaza. Very little. Sal will be here just a little later. With this mornings edition of traffic jams is coming up here on mornings on 2. This is gonna be americas favorite breakfast. They just dont know it yet. ding these are a few of my favorite things. Wendys is changing the game from this. To a breakfast that eats other breakfasts for breakfast. Who says you cant have a baconator for breakfast . Dont just grab a coffee. Grab a frostyccino instead. And forget that frozenfoldedeggstuff. All of these have freshcracked eggs. One bite and itll be your new favorite. Guaranteed. ding try your new favorite today and well even deliver it. Order by 10am. Police in San Francisco are investigating a shooting in knob hill that sent one man to the hospital with life threatening injuries. It happened at 8 15 last night on pine street near taylor. The victim was rushed to the hospital. Police say the suspect took off in a car and neighbors say they heard multiple shots and believes it may have been a driveby shooting. A train engineer in los angeles is facing charges for speeding off the tracks and trying to crash into the Navy Hospital ship mercy. Investigators say 44yearold Eduardo Moreno told them he was suspicious about the presence of the ship and believed it was part of a government take over. Now, the train crashed through a series of barriers at full speed tuesday afternoon before coming to a stop about 250 yards from the ship. No one was injured, and the ship was not damaged. Well, police in Beverly Hills posted this photo of a stolen suv. It has something inside that is very valuable these days. 192 rolls of toilet paper. Police say the driver was arrested for several charges unrelated to the toilet paper. Month people commented on posting asking if they could somehow get their hands on some of that toilet paper. Our time is 4 15. Backlashing in the church for Holding Church services ignoring the statewide stayat home order. Sunday, as many as 30 people went here and a pastor says gathering in person is essential to the christian faith. He also says the church has taken Safety Measures like if putting in handwashing stations and spacing out the seating. We are going to meet as often as we can meet. We do believe that this right is protected by the First Amendment and should be considered essential. Now, police gave the church a warning and threatened to shut it down if a Church Services continue. However, the pastor believes religious institutions should be exempt from the governors order. The attorney for the church sent a cease and desist letter to the city staying the churchs religious freedom has been violated. 4 17. Today, two congressional members from the east bay will hold special events talking about the corona virus. Councilman is hosting a Facebook Live question and answer session with an Infectious Diseases expert. That will be help at Sanford School of medicine starting at 1 30. We posted a link at the web links section at ktvu. Com. And oakland congresswoman barbara lee will host a telephone town hall meeting at 6 00 tonight talking about the corona virus and Resources Available for her constituents. Her guests will include alameda countys Public Health officer and a manager at the u. S. Small business administration. If you want to take part in that town hall meeting, we posted a story with the phone number on the front page of our website, ktvu. Com. All right. We are keeping an you on wall street as usual right now. It looks like the markets are going to open up 1 to 2 when that opening bell rings this morning. That is after a rough day again yesterday with all three major indexes losing nearly 4. 5 . Now, economists expect more losses today after we find out new americans file for jobless benefits last week. The Previous Report showed a record 3. 3. Others predicting it could jump 5 million. The National Restaurant association issuing a stayat home order across the country the Restaurant Industry. Closed before the end of the month. It says during the first 22 days of march, the Restaurant Industry lost an estimated 25 billion in sales. Pam, steve, good to see you on your thursday morning. Sit fantastic. Well see whether we talk about our weather. Yesterday, we had lots of sunshine. Temperatures are cooler. 0s, 40s. 42 in santa rosa. And 45 in san jose. Has dropped to 49 officially. I have seen anywhere from 45 to 47. It looks nice to the weekend. Today, chilly lows. 30s and 40s will end up with lots of sunshine. Except for a few, i dont think it will be as breezy as yesterday. It clears everything out here as far as the clouds go. Up to 38. North at 17 and also north. There is a little bit of a breeze. Travis, 14 miles an hour. 30s and 40s on most of the temperatures here. 38 napa airport. Castro valley. Pleasantton in the 30s. It is cooler no doubt about it. It seems to favor the areas with snow by the time we get into Tuesday Morning. If you are looking for a little bit of snow, it wont start until saturday. That is just the early run, and the heavier snow arrives on sunday. I think youll see those numbers really ramp up. Today after a chilly morning. Sunny. Nice. Temperatures on the 60s close to where we should be this time of year. It is cold tomorrow morning. We bring in the cloud cover and the rain off and on and much cooler temperatures going into the weekend, you guys. All right, thank you, steve. Time now is 4 21. Well, social distancing directives have forced us all to readjust the way we live our dayatoday lives r. They working . We hear from a doctor on what the data shows and what it does not. And also, what newly recovered coronavirus patients are signing up to do in hopes of helping others defeat the virus. Lately, ive discovered that while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. Good morning. Welcome back to morning on 2. Here we are right down the line. See what i did there. Jerry, our very first request of a thursday. Thank you for your request. Go ahead and hit me up with another one if you want. Just use the social media plattform, facebook, twitter, episode. And the ktvu. Time is now 4 24. Happening today, Something Special from the oakland zoo. A new live stream. Behind the scenes Subscription Service with broadcast every weekly afternoon that includes animals and their keepers. Youll get to see the zoo like you never see it during an in person visit. It costs 15 a month, but zoo members pay 10 a month and will get the first 30 days free. And it is 4 25. Grand Canyon National park is off limits to visitors until further notice. And park officials is closing visiting services and approved the parks and recs yesterday after county Health Officials say keeping the grand National Park open puts the employees and visitors at risk. The wimbledon. The growing pandemic. It is the first time wimbledon has been canceled since world war ii. Microsoft plans to go digital for many of its conferences for the rest of the year and 2021. That means ignite. The companys flagshift cop fence set for september will be held online as well as build 2021, another developer conference. That is set from may of next year. The spokesman person from microsoft sited the concerns saying the safety of the community is the main priority. A san diego man who has recovered from the corona virus is now trying to help others. 36yearold jason garcia donated his mrs. So after he was cleared by San Diego County to leave isolation. Covid19 on confirmed positive on march 15th. He has since recovered and donated plaza to the hospital yesterday. We had given a mrs. So ma notation to help other patients i am glad that this turned into a positive thing. Doctors say garcias donation will help other patients by providing antibodies and they say it is enough to help three patients. Well, people across the bay area are spreading joy during this very uncertain time. Ktvu is highlighting some of those unsung heroes. In the spotlight this morning is olympian and uc berkeley grad. Now, her passion is helping people stay active. During this pandemic, she wanted to give back. So she created a kidthemed series of youtube videos that young kids and the whole family can use to stay fit during this stayathome order. Well, do you know someone who is making a difference or providing hope in your community . Ktvu wants you to nominate your local hero. You can email your story along with pictures or video of that person in action if you have it to myhero foxtv. Com and we will highlight some of those stories. Well, still ahead, the experimental drug uc davis doctor hope will be the answer to covid19 about successfully reducing the spread of the virus. A fathers nightmare becomes real after one bay area family after a father contracts covid19 and is separated from his loved ones. Plus. Were going to lever them out there to die. And stuck in limbo. The two cruiseships with sick passengers onboard and why florida is shutting down their request for help